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About the Author

Chaminade Crabtree is a monk at Conyers.

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Paperback: 232 pages

Publisher: Cistercian Publications (October 1, 2008)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 0879070161

ISBN-13: 978-0879070168

Product Dimensions:

5.5 x 0.6 x 8.3 inches

Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)

Average Customer Review:

4.6 out of 5 stars

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I read this book over the summer of 09. It is a scholarly work, written by an expert on the subject matter with notes and bibliography. I found it to be a fascinating work that turned my mind to deep reflection on the Gospel and Rule of Saint Benedict. The book is a written account of a retreat given to the monks of Holy Spirit Monastery in Conyers, Georgia by Eugene Boylan - a deceased abbot of a European Cistercian monastery who had worked as a scientist before entering monastic life. The monks considered it one of the best retreats they ever had and I can understand why. It is relevent for all who live in community - even those of us whose community is a family, spiritual or otherwise. Partnership with Christ: A Cistercian Retreat (Monastic Wisdom series)

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In January 1958, a remarkable Cistercian monk gave a retreat at Our Lady of the Holy Spirit Abbey in Conyers, Georgia. Father Eugene Boylan, OCSO, who had an unmonk-like penchant for fast cars and long journeys, was well known for his insightful writing on mental prayer, and, though orthodox in matters of faith and spirituality, was in his day progressive in his understanding of the relative rightful place of devotions such as the Rosary, and in viewing a monk's occasional struggles with chastity as normal and not in itself a manifestation of sin. ("Religion," Boylan says, "can be obsessed by the whole matter of morality and sex" [p. 194].) In his spirituality, he was heavily influenced by Dom Columba Marmion, OSB (1858-1923), an Irish monk and important early 20th century spiritual writer. The retreat Fr. Boylan gave in Georgia was recorded, and then transcribed and edited by Chaminade Crabtree, OCSO to make this useful volume titled, PARTNERSHIP WITH CHRIST.According to the short biography by Nivard Kinsella, OCSO in the introduction to this book, Boylan as a young man in the years after World War I conducted scientific research in Vienna. During this time he had had a contentious exchange with psychotherapist Alfred Adler on the value of prayer--Adler saw no value in it--but came to see that Adler had a point insofar as criticizing those who would want to control others "by praying for them and dictating solutions to God" (pp. 181-82). After becoming a monk, Fr. Boylan helped found Tarrawarra Abbey in Australia (where he was spotted behind the wheel of a Jaguar). In the early 1960s, he returned to his roots at Mount St. Joseph Roscrea Abbey in Tipperary, Ireland, and became abbot. His life was sadly cut short in 1964 by an automobile accident, in which he had fallen asleep at the wheel of a car on his way to a funeral.The book is divided up into seventeen conferences with such headings as "Humility," "Poverty of Spirit," and "Humility and Obedience" (these being the first three conferences). They are each about a dozen pages in length; the relatively short length is quite conducive for use on self-guided retreats. (I would caution, from personal experience, not to attempt to tackle too much in the course of a week.) The style is casual and almost colloquial, as to be expected with essentially a written version of oral presentations. Due to the nature of the material, one will also find some repetition, most of it intentional.The theme of this retreat is "experiencing God's mercy." Fr. Boylan argues that God works through the sin of the sinner to make us holier. The sinner must have confidence in "the goodness of God," that God will work in our lives, even through our sins (as Boylan says, like an artist who incorporates ink blots into a picture [p. 201]); for this reason we must have confidence in God's mercy. Some say that once one has humility, one can accept God's mercy, but Fr. Boylan turns this around to say, only if one has confidence in God's mercy can one truly be humble. What's more, we need to let God decide how much of a saint we're going to be. What this means is accepting one's powerlessness. Despite what our culture says about the value of independence, we are totally dependent on God. I might think, well, I'm a sinful man, there's nothing I can do but accept my lot. That's the devil speaking, Fr. Boylan says. Again, it means believing in God's mercy and forgiveness. This is a message of real hope: God doesn't give up on you; don't give up on yourself!The Cistercians have a special devotion to Our Lady. Fr. Boylan takes up this theme as well, calling Mary the "perfect Cistercian" (p. 172) insofar as that the characteristics of her life were "ordinary, obscure, and laborious" (p. 171). Fr. Boylan reminds us that Mary is our mother, too, and so we must give her our thanks and love. "No one is more efficacious in uniting us to Christ than our Lady" (p. 176), Fr. Boylan points out.PARTNERSHIP WITH CHRIST is a small masterpiece of Cistercian spirituality. I highly recommend Fr. Boylan's book as spiritual reading at home or on retreat.

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